From time to time, standing in my kitchen wielding a blunt pair of scissors or doing the dangerous “Sabatier Knife Trick” on a reluctant package, I have gone off on my rant about how, come the revolution, all manufacturers will be forced to wrap their products in plain sacks … Well, apparently Amazon has read my mind. Again.
Author: JulieD
Nook – Another New eReader Machine, This Time From Barnes & Noble
In the interests of cutting through the marketing hype, here are my thoughts on the comparison of (the so far unseen by the public) Nook and my Kindle.
Technology!
I’ve just spend an hour trying to solve a problem that was stopping me from logging in here to doing a quick post before I got on with the rest of my day. I solved the problem (which did exist). Sadly, it wasn’t the right problem, and I still couldn’t log in. Then, having eliminated… Continue reading Technology!
Prix Galien Goes To…Promacta!
Eleven or twelve years ago, Kevin spent his days working on making a little chemical compound that he hoped might one day help make sick people better. He told me that most people in his field go through their careers without inventing something that becomes a drug, but that he had a good feeling about… Continue reading Prix Galien Goes To…Promacta!
More Bicycling
We had reached that slow point on Saturday morning where Kev and Angus were starting to yawn, having been up for hours, and where Gregor was just finished breakfast, and where nothing much seemed likely to happen for the next hour or so. So I jumped into some clothes and took my bike out for… Continue reading More Bicycling
You Never Forget
Apparently it’s true: you really do never forget how to ride a bike. I took my new steed out for a trot around the block this evening. Actually, first I encouraged Angus to take his bike around the block. And he made it. Even with the stabilizers on, I ran behind him holding on, because… Continue reading You Never Forget
XKCD Gives Away Our Secret
This made me laugh a lot… …then curse him for telling people.
A Message from Gregor
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Hummingbird!
I just saw a hummingbird, for the first time in my life. I was standing on the deck, about to come inside, when what seemed like two butterflies or a really big dragonfly flitted past me and paused at one of my flower boxes. When my eyes had focussed I realised that this was a… Continue reading Hummingbird!
Writing, With A Pen!
Well, I have taken down my 500 Words logo in the sidebar there -> because I haven’t been making an effort to hit my 500 words a day. I just haven’t been able to make the time, or the space in my brain. However, I have been writing over the past few days. I have… Continue reading Writing, With A Pen!